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Kamel El Basha

Acting
Known For

63 Years Old

Kamel El Basha is a Palestinian actor of screen and stage, theater director, play-writer and producer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s. He gained critical acclaim in 2017 when he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (male) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role as Yasser Abdallah Salameh in The Insult by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri. It was El Basha's first major role on screen, although he had appeared in a number of theatrical productions, actually also directing some of them. He is the former artistic director of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem from 2007 to 2011 and the artistic director of Quds Art since 2012.

Born

Jerusalem, Palestine on 14th March 1962

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Culprits
Youssef
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Mo
Uncle Ali
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Rogue Arrows
Into the Dark Image
Into the Dark
Reasons for Travel Image
Reasons for Travel
إبراهيم
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House of Gods
Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamedi
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Room 207
The Insult Image
The Insult
Yasser Abdallah Salameh
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Huda's Salon
Doctor
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The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
Abu Ibrahim
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Thank You for Banking with Us
Uncle
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Palestine 36
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Curfew
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Lion
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Love, Theft and Other Entanglements
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An Orange from Jaffa
Farouk
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Palestine Islands
Younès
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Dreams of Sultan Al-Mansi
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Hamza - Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me
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I'll Get Back to You
Abu Bassam
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My Father's Scent